diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.test.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.test.tsx
index 1416b7cf7d0..572ff363097 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
-import { CoreApp, getDefaultTimeRange, LogRowModel, LogsDedupStrategy, LogsSortOrder, store } from '@grafana/data';
+import {
+  CoreApp,
+  getDefaultTimeRange,
+  LogLevel,
+  LogRowModel,
+  LogsDedupStrategy,
+  LogsSortOrder,
+  store,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { config, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { disablePopoverMenu, enablePopoverMenu, isPopoverMenuDisabled } from '../../utils';
@@ -195,6 +203,26 @@ describe('LogList', () => {
     spy.mockRestore();
   });
 
+  test('Shows controls with level filters based on the displayed logs', async () => {
+    logs = [createLogRow({ uid: '1', logLevel: LogLevel.info }), createLogRow({ uid: '2', logLevel: LogLevel.debug })];
+
+    render(<LogList {...defaultProps} showControls logs={logs} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('info')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('debug')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('Filter levels'));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('All levels')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Info')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Debug')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByText('Debug'));
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText('info')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('debug')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   describe('Popover menu', () => {
     function setup(overrides: Partial<Props> = {}) {
       return render(
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.tsx
index d2e43f0512a..1986a9d2e57 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogList.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { LogListContextProvider, LogListState, useLogListContext } from './LogLi
 import { LogListControls } from './LogListControls';
 import { LOG_LIST_SEARCH_HEIGHT, LogListSearch } from './LogListSearch';
 import { LogListSearchContextProvider, useLogListSearchContext } from './LogListSearchContext';
-import { preProcessLogs, LogListModel } from './processing';
+import { preProcessLogs, LogListModel, getLevelsFromLogs } from './processing';
 import { useKeyBindings } from './useKeyBindings';
 import { usePopoverMenu } from './usePopoverMenu';
 import { LogLineVirtualization, getLogLineSize, LogFieldDimension, ScrollToLogsEvent } from './virtualization';
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ const LogListComponent = ({
     [debouncedScrollToItem, filteredLogs]
   );
 
+  const logLevels = useMemo(() => getLevelsFromLogs(processedLogs), [processedLogs]);
+
   if (!containerElement || listHeight == null) {
     // Wait for container to be rendered
     return null;
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ const LogListComponent = ({
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.logListContainer}>
-      {showControls && <LogListControls eventBus={eventBus} />}
+      {showControls && <LogListControls logLevels={logLevels} eventBus={eventBus} />}
       {detailsMode === 'sidebar' && showDetails.length > 0 && (
         <LogLineDetails
           containerElement={containerElement}
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.test.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.test.tsx
index 1f149dde1e5..bfd71304f2f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.test.tsx
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('LogListControls', () => {
     expect(onLogOptionsChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dedupStrategy', LogsDedupStrategy.numbers);
   });
 
-  test('Sets level filters', async () => {
+  test('Sets all level filters if not provided', async () => {
     const onLogOptionsChange = jest.fn();
     render(
       <LogListContextProvider {...contextProps} onLogOptionsChange={onLogOptionsChange}>
@@ -258,6 +258,25 @@ describe('LogListControls', () => {
     expect(onLogOptionsChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('filterLevels', ['error']);
   });
 
+  test('Sets all level filters from provided levels', async () => {
+    const onLogOptionsChange = jest.fn();
+    render(
+      <LogListContextProvider {...contextProps} onLogOptionsChange={onLogOptionsChange}>
+        <LogListControls eventBus={new EventBusSrv()} logLevels={[LogLevel.critical, LogLevel.information]} />
+      </LogListContextProvider>
+    );
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(FILTER_LEVELS_LABEL_COPY));
+    expect(await screen.findByText('All levels')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Info')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Debug')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Trace')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Warning')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Error')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Critical')).toBeVisible();
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByText('Critical'));
+    expect(onLogOptionsChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('filterLevels', ['critical']);
+  });
+
   test('Controls timestamp visibility', async () => {
     const onLogOptionsChange = jest.fn();
     render(
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.tsx
index 18c905a02c9..0f7074c7972 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListControls.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { ScrollToLogsEvent } from './virtualization';
 type Props = {
   eventBus: EventBus;
   visualisationType?: LogsVisualisationType;
+  logLevels?: LogLevel[];
 };
 
 const DEDUP_OPTIONS = [
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const FILTER_LEVELS: LogLevel[] = [
   LogLevel.unknown,
 ];
 
-export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props) => {
+export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, logLevels = FILTER_LEVELS, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props) => {
   const {
     app,
     controlsExpanded,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props)
     fontSize,
     forceEscape,
     hasUnescapedContent,
+    logOptionsStorageKey,
     prettifyJSON,
     setControlsExpanded,
     setDedupStrategy,
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props)
     sortOrder,
     syntaxHighlighting,
     wrapLogMessage,
-    logOptionsStorageKey,
   } = useLogListContext();
   const { hideSearch, searchVisible, showSearch } = useLogListSearchContext();
 
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props)
           label={t('logs.logs-controls.display-level-all', 'All levels')}
           onClick={() => onFilterLevelClick()}
         />
-        {FILTER_LEVELS.map((level) => (
+        {logLevels.map((level) => (
           <Menu.Item
             key={level}
             className={filterLevels.includes(level) ? styles.menuItemActive : undefined}
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export const LogListControls = ({ eventBus, visualisationType = 'logs' }: Props)
         ))}
       </Menu>
     ),
-    [filterLevels, onFilterLevelClick, styles.menuItemActive]
+    [filterLevels, logLevels, onFilterLevelClick, styles.menuItemActive]
   );
 
   const downloadMenu = useMemo(
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/processing.ts b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/processing.ts
index 0c8559d5f47..98a0cf6a00c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/processing.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/processing.ts
@@ -327,3 +327,11 @@ function countNewLines(log: string, limit = Infinity) {
   }
   return count;
 }
+
+export function getLevelsFromLogs(logs: LogListModel[]) {
+  const levels = new Set<LogLevel>();
+  for (const log of logs) {
+    levels.add(log.logLevel);
+  }
+  return Array.from(levels).filter((level) => level != null);
+}